When I was little, I used to think old people carried deadly diseases because they were always dying. So everytime I walked past an old person I used to hold my nose so I wouldnt breath in any of there deadly diseases.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that slugs were deadly and they would bite you and kill you. 0_o Where did I get that idea?— What was I thinking?
- i believed that carrots with milk was a deadly poison until i was 11.— Jennifer
- I used to believe that worms were the lips of the dead and that green pepper seeds were deadly poison.— Gayle
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- that sneezes were caused by little pixies crawling up your nose and brushing past your nose hairs— Joanna